Tonight, my oldest daughter said: “What’s the point of cleaning something if you can’t mess it up again?”
She then immediately followed that little gem up with: “That was smart. You should write a blog about that. You could say: ‘Tonight my daughter said, “What’s the point of cleaning something if you can’t mess it up again?” And as I thought about that, I realized how right she was.’ And then you could write about what you think about that. Because that’s how your blog always goes.”
Oh. My. God.
Forget about AI, the real danger is in your children just absolutely nailing you like that. Part of me feels very seen and appreciated, but another part of me just feels gutted knowing how easy it was for my daughter to reduce me down to my core elements.
Hey, at least I’m consistent, right? And she’s very clever and observant about people. And, much to my delight, she pays attention to what her father says. This could all be worse.
Oh! And yes, of course she’s right. Cleaning is a reset. To put something into a ‘ready’ state. If you aren’t using that thing, whatever it is – why have it?
The Opportunity Machine 